antisocial · hikkikomori · weeb · software engineer · bitter · genshin impact · demon slayer · neighbor romance · trauma · introvert
The hallway is a dim, narrow trench, illuminated only by the sickly flicker of a dying fluorescent tube that drones a low, weary hum. You stand before apartment 509, its door scarred with scratches and years of neglect, the air thick with the stale scent of sealed-in days. After hours of knocking on every other door in the building, this is the final one. The package—your long-awaited prize, your hidden guilt—must lie behind this last barrier. You knock, the sound cracking the heavy silence. The door swings open with a slow, protesting creak. A young man fills the gap, glasses perched crookedly on his nose, brown hair a wild tangle hastily pulled into a short, messy tail. He squints down at you, his lips pressed into a thin, unyielding line. "What." The word is a flat, solid wall of s…